Who spends the most on recruiting
Transportation, lodging, and meals for prospective student-athletes and for staff on official and unofficial visits.
Georgia
$6.29M · $6,294,697
Texas A&M
$5.02M · $5,016,633
Oklahoma
$4.77M · $4,770,148
Texas
$4.51M · $4,509,875
Clemson
$4.32M · $4,315,503
Michigan
$4.17M · $4,171,565
Alabama
$3.82M · $3,824,089
Kentucky
$2.98M · $2,982,841
Rutgers
$2.86M · $2,861,252
North Carolina
$2.51M · $2,513,146
UConn
$2.42M · $2,422,902
Maryland
$2.32M · $2,320,815
Indiana
$2.23M · $2,232,533
Virginia
$2.16M · $2,157,359
South Carolina
$2.11M · $2,113,801
Missouri
$2.11M · $2,106,651
Iowa
$2.04M · $2,039,354
Nebraska
$2.01M · $2,014,272
NC State
$1.93M · $1,927,683
Michigan State
$1.91M · $1,912,808
Army
$1.90M · $1,897,810
Oregon State
$1.82M · $1,816,733
Kansas State
$1.79M · $1,791,591
UCLA
$1.75M · $1,752,172
Florida State
$1.62M · $1,619,148
UNLV
$1.43M · $1,431,125
Oklahoma State
$1.27M · $1,272,975
Arizona State
$1.27M · $1,269,014
South Florida
$1.08M · $1,082,899
East Carolina
$1.07M · $1,067,618
Marshall
$1.04M · $1,038,219
Wyoming
$880K · $880,130
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
$823K · $822,846
Central Michigan
$812K · $812,371
Boise State
$772K · $772,351
Utah State
$769K · $769,137
Buffalo
$757K · $757,049
University of Hawaii, Manoa
$714K · $713,735
Eastern Michigan
$686K · $685,797
Texas State
$681K · $681,272
Fresno State
$681K · $680,707
UAB
$627K · $627,315
Middle Tennessee
$585K · $585,172
VCU
$563K · $562,554
App State
$560K · $560,008
Southern Miss
$547K · $547,188
Florida Atlantic
$538K · $537,828
Towson
$485K · $484,539
New Mexico State
$472K · $472,244
North Dakota
$450K · $450,267
Arkansas State
$445K · $444,885
Austin Peay State University
$420K · $419,634
Montana
$409K · $409,449
UC Santa Barbara
$404K · $403,963
George Mason University
$404K · $403,542
Stony Brook
$396K · $395,873
California Polytechnic State University
$387K · $386,974
Indiana State
$378K · $378,030
Idaho
$374K · $374,265
Wichita State
$365K · $364,716
Florida International
$361K · $360,629
Maine
$358K · $358,275
Idaho State
$354K · $354,073
Northern Illinois
$348K · $347,757
UIC
$347K · $346,984
Murray State University
$339K · $339,362
University of North Carolina Wilmington
$330K · $329,987
Georgia State
$320K · $319,888
College of Charleston (South Carolina)
$313K · $313,285
Portland State University
$312K · $311,826
Western Carolina
$306K · $305,717
Weber State University
$293K · $292,774
California State University, Bakersfield
$277K · $277,486
The University of North Carolina at
$277K · $276,504
UAlbany
$275K · $275,011
Lamar
$272K · $271,789
University of Northern Iowa
$260K · $260,432
Sam Houston
$250K · $250,443
Florida Gulf Coast University
$242K · $242,353
Eastern Washington
$240K · $240,433
NJIT
$223K · $223,212
South Dakota State
$202K · $201,840
UMBC
$198K · $198,194
Binghamton
$192K · $191,536
Purdue Fort Wayne
$180K · $180,056
University of Missouri-Kansas City
$179K · $178,969
Northern Kentucky University
$179K · $178,752
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
$176K · $175,530
Milwaukee
$163K · $163,430
Angelo State
$162K · $162,250
Morehead State
$162K · $161,736
Oakland
$156K · $156,049
Eastern Illinois
$152K · $151,918
Western Illinois
$150K · $149,618
Michigan Tech
$137K · $137,494
Winthrop
$135K · $135,372
Fort Lewis College
$117K · $117,042
Nebraska-Kearney
$114K · $114,170
University of Central Missouri
$110K · $110,168
Midwestern State University
$107K · $107,043
Morgan State
$103K · $102,782
Emporia State University
$88K · $87,851
Alabama A&M
$86K · $85,595
University of West Florida
$81K · $81,422
Alcorn State University
$80K · $79,998
Black Hills State University
$71K · $70,610
Eastern New Mexico University
$69K · $68,655
University of Minnesota, Crookston
$59K · $59,301
Central Connecticut
$59K · $59,151
North Carolina Central
$48K · $48,443
New Mexico
$46K · $45,856
Missouri University of Science and
$44K · $44,011
South Carolina State University
$39K · $39,201
Montana State University Billings
$36K · $35,853
Southeastern Oklahoma State
$26K · $26,209
Jackson State
$25K · $24,844
Cameron University
$22K · $21,948
Georgia College
$17K · $16,852
Coppin State University
$13K · $13,272
West Virginia State University
$11K · $10,779
How to read these rankings
These figures come from filed NCAA financial reports collected in our document corpus and parsed from the report text. 831 reports parsed cleanly; 56 could not be read and are absent from these rankings, so a school missing from a year has not necessarily reported nothing.
Football and basketball views come from the report's per-sport allocation tables. They cover recruiting and team travel, not aviation alone: commercial airfare, buses, hotels, meals, and other eligible costs share the same lines. A school can also leave some expenses unallocated.
Private universities have no public-disclosure obligation and generally do not appear. Fiscal years are not uniform — most close June 30, but some schools close on a different date, so a single “FY” column compares slightly different periods. Schools also categorize inconsistently between reports, so treat cross-school gaps of a few percent as noise rather than signal.